#D6C44E#D6C44E

#D6C44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C44E
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 63.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -7.48, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 60.09, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0254 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8486, 54.3281, 15.1196)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C44E #4E60D6

analogous

#D6804E #D6C44E #A4D64E

triadic

#D6C44E #4ED6C4 #C44ED6

tetradic

#D6C44E #4ED680 #4E60D6 #D64EA4

square

#D6C44E #4ED680 #4E60D6 #D64EA4

split-complementary

#D6C44E #4EA4D6 #804ED6

monochromatic

#8A7C20 #BBA82B #D6C44E #E2D580 #EDE5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D6C44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#D6C44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C44E

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C44E	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d585',
    500: '#d6c44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c44e;
$custom-light: #e6d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81342,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C44E

secondary

#384490

accent

#58E542

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C44E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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